Summer Fun

Artist: Carmen Beecher
Title: Summer Fun

Media: Oil on Canvas

Dimensions: 6 in X 6 in (15.2 cm X 15.2 cm)

Date: August 2012

 

"The more I paint, the more I want to paint, so being a Daily Painter suits me just fine" said Carmen herself. Carmen was a solitary child and alternated her time between reading and drawing. However, now, she is not a solitary adult. She is active in painting groups as well as two daily painter sites online. Oil painting is her main art, but she also does abstract art, collage and when she needs to she will get "zen with the pen" for a meditative art activity. She resides in Florida and a lot of her paintings come from scenes in Florida. She gets inspired by new places, different light and atmosphere, and a different palette. "Sitting on a rock in a new spot with paint all over me is a very happy place" she states. She joined daily painting, an online community of painters who commit to three or more paintings a week and post them on daily painting websites. This movement connects artists throughout the world and makes art affordable. In this painting, we see a little boy playing in beach water. I chose this because this is summer in a nutshell, beach trips! What is summer without the beach. We are lucky enough to have beautiful beaches here and it is a main thing everyone does during summer. I couldn't show a summer painting in my art blog without having the beach. The way the waves are coming up to his feet are so elegant and his body language shows how fascinated this boy is with the water. This painting is so detailed you can even see his shadow in the water where he is being reflected by the warm summer sun. I love the distinction of summer in this image and how realistic it is when it comes to children and the beach. This is definitely summer fun!